Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1878 — A GOOD SIGN. [ARTICLE]

A GOOD SIGN.

* At tho datoof tlio panic tn Uio sass oi 187#* richrly n (noitajlflil inillmnV of ohr n;iMi»»«r bonds w ore owned told livid abroad Wtrith took n Ini-Rc part of mircoln production to p«y tn(Croat in Kitrone. Constantly for the past tour rears our IlnniT* Mvo been coming home, till now Micro am not moro limn two hundred witlions In-Id abroad, and tho large hath of the' coin interest t* tliii* retnlnort in this conutry. The secretary ot flu, treasury announce* that* no mom bond* Wilt bo Mild, but dint tbvprocos* nr funding (he ti per cents Into 4 percent. Interest Ismils is going on nip Idly, ft ft a rery gratifying fart tb.it the Credit of the nation two so Improved that tlio d«*bt can thus Ins funded Into towel* Interest l>ond«. fn Ist*) the nation was paying 10 to )i per cent., whereas we are' now Paving belt to A par cent. A ooiintry is getting in better condition when its- credit basso Improved,— /ntltinut J’nroin'. Please da not forget that fnr iSOOtlie’ govern meut was in the coutroi of # democratic administration. Recollect that it has been the republican party and the wisdom of its financial sys-' tern that l has increased the national credit fifty to seventy-five per cent.— has reduced the rate of interest the* nation pays upon the loann it negotl-' ates from twelve per cent. dorVn tor four per cent. Aithotrgf# it iniyr be" ai’id l probably it is an imperfect system, it is a better one than tiie democratic party ever adopted or has ever proposed. There is* no wisdom in* hastily changing a system so good* and so advantageous for an experiment that tlio history of the worhf has repeatedly demonstrated to be pfailure.

Judge David C- Casey died in Do-’ troit, Michigan, July 13th, aged 37' years. 110 lived in Jasper county r in tile years of liis earlier manhood*At tiie breaking out of tiie rebellion* he volunteered as a prtVate sofdier on* the side of the union, participated iu< several of the severest and was a brave and faithful soldier until tiie rebels submitted to just authority. After being mustered out of service lie Went tp Arkansas and engaged iu the profession of law, in connection with which he was for sometime the editor and publisher of a newspaper at Arkadelphia- In Affc**adelphia county lie was made probate* judge, and was elected to represent the district iu the state but was not permitted to-take hisseat. From thence he moved to Hot Springs where for a few mouths hewas tlio postmaster. Judge Casey became identified with tiie educational Interests of the localities where lie resided and rendered efficient service to that cause. His tastes were literary, and as an editor, letter writer and newspaper correspondent he appeared to fine advantage. He was an ardent repubiican r anti an earnest, thoujgh sometimes* nervous, worker. He was a member of the Prespyterian church. As it * friend lie was ardent, stanch, devoted.. Half a dozen ravenous grasshoppers on a brier bush in a forty -acrer pasture will make more noise than a hundred fat cattle resting in the shadow of towering caks. so half a dozen clattering fiat office-hunting demagogues will make more din in a small community than two or three hundred honest, clear-headed thinkers. But when the cattle begin tn move, anfl the thinkers liegin to act, let tiie grasshoppers and demagogues get out of the way if they would notbe trampled under foot.

Among other documents of interestto be seen in Newton county Is A paper of which the following is a true copy: Beit remembered, that on tho 27th d«v of August. IStW. that Nathaniel West, clerk of tho Newton circuit court, in the state of Indiana, by 11. T. Howard, Id* deputy, ami Alexander I-key, auditor of Newton county, do hereby agree with WUliarti Sheets, of Indianapolis, to purchase 6f mtid Sheet* ail our book* and -ahUlfWttX riHUu«tUucttaixiolUccralilr the Uum of. luaot'KCs traw. vLAni3lvJß»k-., ou TOrmtition~thnt thc sabr sheets pny tts Irftemi per cent, ou all sale* of books and stationery imrciiased of said WiUUtiu Sheet* for said. NcwtoA county. ‘ Signed; Natuaxiku West. Clerk, ' - Ter it. T. Howard. Deputy. Alkx. Ekky, Auditor. William saints. At tho last general election Geld in Jasper couuty there were 1,202 republican votes polled, 751 democratic votes, 80 national greenback votes amt 3scattering. Tberepublican majority over all, had tho opposition been combined on one person, was 428, There is not a candidate oa the opposition local ticket that can overcome it. The most popular man of them cannot draw to his support 21$ republicans were It to save bis soul from perdition. Democrats are being urged to votefor tho fiat national county ticket, "because, if elected, they will help “support tlie Democratic Sentinel, our ‘•county organ.’' It’s a powerful argument , isu’t it? Wonder If the pie !.peddler and-oommlssiouera would appropriate county funds for that purpose? Ob. look at us! Think or It! Ain’t we • net of numskulls*— PoieUr Sr**ntaelt Jftrak l. Well, possibly. After reading that article beaded, “Who Get# the Fat Things,” one is left thinking an affirmative answer to the question. Robert Gregory, of Lafayctte. haw been used to till a vacancy on the national labor greenback fiat state, ticket. He is now their candtdatetFrf'fiitoriiey g , Look in the Sentinel and find the difference between the democratic | county ticket and the national I back couuty ticket, ; ■; 1 -